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Build standards for need assessment, model evaluation, contracts, oversight, appeals, and vendor accountability when governments procure automated systems.
society-governance
creating
accountable
procurement
public
sector
build
standards
need
assessment
model
systems
technology-computing
across
accountability
open
intergenerational
open
Barbados, North America
Develop fair, administratively feasible methods for taxing digital economic activity without overwhelming countries with limited negotiating capacity.
economics-resources
north-america
barbados
digital
making
cross-border
taxation
workable
smaller
states
develop
fair
administratively
technology-computing
society-governance
systems
global-unspecified
creating
Develop rigorous methods to distinguish symbolic consultation from processes that genuinely alter budgets, policy, service delivery, and power relations.
society-governance
measuring
whether
participatory
governance
changes
outcomes
develop
rigorous
methods
distinguish
consultation
local
might
actors
public
economics-resources
evidence
Build accessible, time-bound, auditable mechanisms for people wrongly denied benefits, especially where automated eligibility systems create opaque errors.
society-governance
asia
india
systems
improving
grievance
redress
welfare
build
accessible
time-bound
auditable
mechanisms
technology-computing
economics-resources
climate-environment
global-unspecified
public
Develop rights-preserving identity systems for displaced people, informal workers, and marginalized groups without creating surveillance, exclusion, or vendor lock-in.
technology-computing
identity
people
interoperable
digital
stable
documents
develop
rights-preserving
systems
displaced
society-governance
informal
economics-resources
without
global-unspecified
Design interfaces, standards, and literacy interventions that prevent generated citations, fabricated experts, and confident falsehoods from being mistaken for evidence.
social-civic-problems
preventing
systems
laundering
false
authority
design
interfaces
standards
literacy
interventions
technology-computing
society-governance
philosophy-ethics
global-unspecified
whether
prevent
resolved
Build systems that help diasporas access verified voting, legal, disaster, remittance, and family information across borders and languages.
society-governance
creating
reliable
civic-information
channels
diaspora
communities
build
systems
help
diasporas
technology-computing
global-unspecified
philosophy-ethics
whether
mathematics-logic
access
Develop practical privacy tools and legal safeguards that reduce surveillance through social graphs, location traces, device identifiers, and communication patterns.
social-civic-problems
asia
hong-kong
protecting
activists
metadata
rather
only
message
content
develop
practical
privacy
global-unspecified
philosophy-ethics
whether
resolved
technology-computing
Create verification and reputation systems that identify AI-generated reviews, fake sellers, counterfeit listings, and coordinated rating manipulation.
economics-resources
manipulation
reviews
reducing
synthetic
marketplace
fraud
create
verification
reputation
systems
society-governance
global-unspecified
whether
philosophy-ethics
technology-computing
prevent
fake
Build cross-platform methods that identify influence operations moving among local apps, messaging networks, social media, and video platforms.
technology-computing
platforms
detecting
coordinated
inauthentic
behavior
regional
build
cross-platform
methods
identify
global-unspecified
social
society-governance
local
systems
african
philosophy-ethics
Develop warnings, transaction safeguards, complaint systems, and financial literacy tools for people newly using mobile wallets, QR payments, and instant transfers.
social-civic-problems
asia
india
reducing
scam
exposure
among
first-time
digital-finance
users
develop
warnings
transaction
systems
technology-computing
global-unspecified
economics-resources
financial
open
United Kingdom, Europe
Create enforceable design standards that prevent manipulative engagement, data extraction, profiling, and advertising in products marketed to children.
technology-computing
europe
united-kingdom
children
protecting
algorithmic
exploitation
educational
apps
create
enforceable
design
standards
global-unspecified
economics-resources
social-civic-problems
philosophy-ethics
whether
Develop standards and tools that detect manipulation, preserve provenance, and improve reproducibility across increasingly complex scientific workflows.
society-governance
scientific
authenticating
images
data
public
research
develop
standards
tools
detect
systems
technology-computing
global-unspecified
trust
Build resilient, lawful communication channels for emergency notices, legal rights, health information, and community coordination when networks are restricted.
society-governance
asia
iran
information
ensuring
access
public
during
internet
shutdowns
build
resilient
lawful
global-unspecified
whether
philosophy-ethics
haven
health-biology
open
Brazil, South America
Develop privacy-preserving methods to study paid political influence and coordinated campaigns in messaging platforms without mass surveillance.
society-governance
south-america
brazil
political
improving
transparency
advertising
encrypted
channels
develop
privacy-preserving
methods
study
without
mass
surveillance
technology-computing
global-unspecified
Develop authentication and behavioral safeguards against voice and video impersonation scams that exploit trust between relatives, employees, and customers.
society-governance
preventing
deepfake-enabled
financial
fraud
targeting
families
develop
authentication
behavioral
safeguards
global-unspecified
whether
philosophy-ethics
prevent
way
being
technology-computing
Build datasets, models, human networks, and distribution interventions for misinformation in languages poorly represented in major technology platforms.
technology-computing
asia
india
misinformation
detecting
local-language
scales
build
datasets
models
human
networks
distribution
global-unspecified
philosophy-ethics
society-governance
african
remains
open
Canada, North America
Create methods for governments to evaluate bias, error, and accountability in automated public decisions while preserving citizen privacy and system security.
technology-computing
north-america
canada
public
making
algorithms
auditable
exposing
personal
data
create
methods
governments
society-governance
global-unspecified
whether
systems
philosophy-ethics
Develop rapid-response, evidence-preservation, platform-accountability, legal, and psychosocial support systems for journalists targeted by coordinated abuse.
technology-computing
asia
philippines
journalists
coordinated
protecting
digital
harassment
develop
rapid-response
evidence-preservation
platform-accountability
legal
systems
society-governance
ensuring
global-unspecified
climate-environment
Build interoperable authentication, watermarking, provenance, and public-literacy systems that distinguish authentic civic media from manipulated or synthetic content.
social-civic-problems
provenance
media
verifying
ai-generated
political
build
interoperable
authentication
watermarking
public-literacy
global-unspecified
society-governance
systems
whether
philosophy-ethics
mathematics-logic
technology-computing
